Connects an existing AWS Lambda function to Amazon API Gateway by creating a REST or HTTP API with resource/method setup, Lambda proxy integration, permissions, and deployment. Always use this skill when connecting Lambda to API Gateway — it handles CORS, throttling, access logging, and production security hardening that are easy to miss.
Install
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill connecting-lambda-to-api-gatewaynpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway -a claude-code -gnpx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git --path skills/specialized-skills/serverless-skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gatewaygh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws connecting-lambda-to-api-gatewaygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/specialized-skills/serverless-skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway ~/.claude/skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/aws__agent-toolkit-for-aws/skills/specialized-skills/serverless-skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway ~/.agents/skills/connecting-lambda-to-api-gateway # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode